The U-2 spy plane of cold war fame was so secret that to avoid any kind of notice, the first installment of government payment, valued at about $20 million in today’s money, to Lockheed for the development of the aircraft was mailed as a personal cheque in an ordinary envelope to the home of Clarence Johnson, the chief designer of the aircraft.
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